Track & Field

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UL Recruit Wins Nationals in Shotput  Biloxi Sun-Herald 
Anacoco Senior Sharp Signs with UL Track & Field  Leesville Daily Leader 
Incoming T&F Thrower Heading to Junior Olympics Nationals  Biloxi Sun-Herald 
OHS's Frank Signs with T&F  Daily World 
KSU Sophomore Approaches Hollis Conway's Indoor Jump  NBC24 Toledo 
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T&F Head Coach Lon Badeaux

Al Karré on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 17:27

The University of Louisiana earlier this month hired alumnus Lon Badeaux to head the track and field program. Badeaux comes to UL after four highly successful years as head coach at conference rival Arkansas State. Badeaux is a New Iberia native and former Cajun pole vaulter during the 1990s. ultoday.com visited with Badeaux and got his thoughts on a variety of subjects.

Badeaux Takes over T&F

RaginCajuns.com on Wed, 06/29/2011 - 16:36

The University of Louisiana Athletics Department announced on Wednesday the hiring of alumnus Lon Badeaux as head coach of the Ragin' Cajuns men and women's track & field and cross country programs. He is the seventh head coach in the Division I era.

Fournette Shotputs New School Record at NCAAs

RaginCajuns.com on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 06:20

Louisiana sophomore Albert Fournette shattered his own school record in the shot put to advance to the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on June 8-11. A graduate of Brother Martin in New Orleans, Fournette threw a distance of 59-3 ½ (18.07m).

Two Athletes are Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholars

RaginCajuns.com on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 06:49

University of Louisiana women's basketball student-athlete D'Mya Clay and men's track student-athlete Justin Jones were named 2011 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars in the April 28 publication of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The duo are the only two NCAA Division I student-athletes from the state of Louisiana to make the list.

Manual & Thibeaux are Sun Belt Athletes of the Week

RaginCajuns.com on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 05:23

The University of Louisiana's Jasmine Manuel and O'Daylon Thibeaux were named the Sun Belt Conference men and women's Field Athletes of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, for their league-leading performances in the triple jump last weekend (April 8-9) at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

Jasmine Manuel is UL's 3rd SBC Athlete of Week

RaginCajuns.com on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 16:12

For the third time this season - and second consecutive week - Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's track and field squad member Jasmine Anderson picked up the Athlete of the Week honor from the Sun Belt Conference.

Anderson Takes Sun Belt AOW

RaginCajuns.com on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 07:00

Louisiana's Jasmine Anderson was named Sun Belt Women's Track Athlete of the Week by the league office on Tuesday following a pair of Top 10 finishes at the Texas A&M Conference Challenge last Saturday.

Alum/Olympian Hollis Conway Selected for LA Hall of Fame

Submitted Article on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 23:14

BATON ROUGE -- UL's Hollis Conway will be honored along with a group of coaches and other athletes whose combined accomplishments span six decades, with induction into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame on Jan. 26 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel & Conference Center.

T&F Hires Romanian National Coach

RaginCajuns.com on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 15:30

Valeriu Tomescu, who spent 10 years as track and field head coach of the Romanian national team from 1998-2008, has been named an assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Track and Field program.

LSWA Announces All-Louisiana Track & Field

ultoday.com Staff on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 15:43

Louisiana placed 10 on the All-State team released Saturday by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.